<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Westcon Group Newsletter</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/VirtualPartnerNews/vpnews.css" /></head><body><div align="left"><span class="standardText"> If you are having trouble viewing this email, please <a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/VirtualPartnerNews">click here</a> to view in a browser window.<br /></span><a name="top" id="top" /><br /></div><table width="725" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td colspan="2"><img alt="Virtual Partner News" src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/VirtualPartnerNews/newsletterImages/header.jpg" width="725" height="157" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#002858"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"><tr><td width="2%" /><td width="23%" class="date"> Issue 3: May 2009</td><td width="75%" class="style1">The newsletter brought to you by Westcon Group</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="150" valign="top" bgcolor="#E6E9EE"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#E6E9EE"><tr><td width="9%" /><td width="91%" class="style3" /></tr><tr><td /><td class="style3"><br />In this issue<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td /><td class="style3"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><img src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/VirtualPartnerNews/newsletterImages/arrowBullet.gif" width="3" height="5" /></td><td class="leftNav"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/CurrentPromotions/ConvergencePromotions.asp?objid=1852&amp;technology=4"> Convergence </a></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/VirtualPartnerNews/newsletterImages/arrowBullet.gif" width="3" height="5" /></td><td class="leftNav"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/CurrentPromotions/NetworkingPromotions.asp?objid=1851&amp;technology=2"> Networking </a></td></tr><tr><td><img 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you for clicking through to Westcon Group's Virtual Partner News, created specifically for the busy reseller to stay up to date with the best channel promotions, news and events all focussed around Converged Networking, Security and Storage.<br /><br /> Take five minutes now and get a quick update on how to make your business more profitable this week. <br /><br /> Best regards <br /> Westcon Group </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#E6E9EE" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" colspan="3"><table width="725" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#E6E9EE"><tr><td width="12px" valign="top" /><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><td style="width: 700px; height: 60px" colspan="3"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="225" xmlns=""><a 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src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/VirtualPartnerNews/newsletterImages/HotOffThePress.JPG" /><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="400px"><table border="0" align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" xmlns=""><tr><td align="center" rowspan="2" valign="top" height="120px"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/vendors/Cisco.asp?objid=441"><img border="0" alt="Cisco Systems" src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/images/logos/vendorLogo_CiscoSystems_small.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><div class="articleTitle">Cisco Systems</div><div class="standardText">Cisco Completes Acquisition of Pure Digital Technologies, Makers of Flip Video"! ... <a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/NewsAndEvents/News/NewsItem.asp?objid=168&amp;contentid=1959"> more </a><br /><br /></div></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" width="400px"><table border="0" align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" xmlns=""><tr><td align="center" rowspan="2" valign="top" height="120px"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/vendors/EMC.asp?objid=860"><img border="0" alt="EMC" src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/images/logos/vendorLogo_EMC_small.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><div class="articleTitle">EMC</div><div class="standardText">At EMC World 2009, the storage firm explained how it intends to transform today's datacentre model. ... <a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/NewsAndEvents/News/NewsItem.asp?objid=168&amp;contentid=1954"> more </a><br /><br /></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="400px"><table border="0" align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" xmlns=""><tr><td align="center" rowspan="2" valign="top" height="120px"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/vendors/Checkpoint.asp?objid=430"><img border="0" alt="Check Point" src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/images/logos/vendorLogo_CheckPoint_small.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><div class="articleTitle">Check Point</div><div class="standardText">Check Point Awarded International Common Criteria EAL4 Certification for Enterprise Security Product ... <a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/NewsAndEvents/News/NewsItem.asp?objid=168&amp;contentid=1923"> more </a><br /><br /></div></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" width="400px"><table border="0" align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" xmlns=""><tr><td align="center" rowspan="2" valign="top" height="120px"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/vendors/Nortel.asp?objid=529"><img border="0" alt="Nortel" src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/images/logos/vendorLogo_Nortel_small.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><div class="articleTitle">Nortel</div><div class="standardText">Nortel Strengthens Channel Strategy for North ASEAN Markets Westcon Appointed to Distribute Complete Portfolio of Nortel Enterprise Solutions ... <a 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border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFF" valign="top"><table border="0" align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" xmlns=""><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="100px"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/vendors/Aruba.asp?objid=2386"><img border="0" alt="Aruba" src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/images/logos/vendorLogo_Aruba_small.gif" /></a></td><td width="250px"><div class="articleTitle">Aruba</div><div class="standardText" style="border:2px">AP-125 802.11n Access Point family has won Network Computing s Wireless ... <a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/NewsAndEvents/News/NewsItem.asp?objid=168&amp;contentid=1888"> more </a><br /><br /></div></td><td align="center" valign="top" width="100px"><a href="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/vendors/BlueCoat.asp?objid=419"><img border="0" alt="Blue Coat" src="http://www.westcongroup.com.au/images/logos/vendorLogo_BlueCoat_small.gif" /></a></td><td width="250px"><div 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